Overview
The American Academy of Audiology Foundation’s Empowering Students Scholarship of $5,000 will be awarded to six students who show exceptional promise as a clinical audiologist as evidenced by the student’s resume, rubric, and personal statement. This scholarship program is generously funded by Oticon Hearing Foundation. $30,000 in scholarship funds are available, and Oticon is designating up to $20,000 of these funds for Black students.
Eligibility Requirements
The Empowering Students Scholarships will be awarded only to fulltime graduate students in audiology (AuD, PhD, AuD/PhD) in good standing at a U.S. university during the 2024–2025 academic year.
How to Apply
The AAA Foundation is offering a universal scholarship for each of its scholarship program opportunities. When using the universal application, applicants must be aware of the following:
- Read the directions of the application carefully and completely. Any questions about the application can be directed to AAA Foundation staff.
- Each scholarship program opportunity has an individual section to complete in addition to submission of required supporting documentation. The following supporting documentation must be uploaded and included in the universal application online to be considered complete for this scholarship program:
- CV/Resume – Include accomplishments in the following areas: clinical skills and experiences, and leadership and service activities as they relate to clinical work. Please include grade point average as well as the university’s grading scale (i.e., 3.5 with maximum possible of 4 or 3.9 with maximum possible of 5). CV/Resume must be uploaded to the application as part of the supporting documentation requirements. Accepted file formats are PDF, DOC, and DOCX.
- Recommendation Rubric – Download the recommendation rubric for a qualified individual (professor, mentor/advisor, employer, etc.) to fill out. Completed rubric must be uploaded to the application as part of the supporting documentation requirements. Accepted file formats are PDF, DOC, and DOCX.
- Personal Statement – As part of this scholarship program, applicants are expected to answer the following question for the personal statement section:
Describe qualities you believe are characteristic of an outstanding audiologist and discuss your personal goals for becoming a future clinician. In addition, without violating patient confidentiality, describe a specific situation in which you feel that your patient-focused skills were particularly beneficial for your patient, and also reflect on ways in which your patient-focused skills in this situation could have been improved. (750 words maximum)
Applicants must also acknowledge and agree to the individual scholarship program eligibility requirements they are applying to as well as the general AAA Foundation scholarship program policies in order to submit an application. Failure to do so will result in the application not being accepted/reviewed.
Applicants may return to their applications from the same device at a later time if left incomplete, however; incomplete applications will not be accepted. Applications must be completed by the scholarship application deadline, Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
